FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

TRANSVAAL v EASTERN PROVINCE AND GRIQUALAND WEST COMBINED XI Played at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, March 8, 9, 10, 1946. Transvaal won by an innings and 164 runs. EASTERN PROVINCE AND GRIQUALAND WEST COMBINED XI 1 *E.A.B.Rowan c Brown b Balaskas 10 c Brown b Nel 11 2 R.G.Draper c Fullerton b Balaskas 29 c Fullerton b Nel 0 3 A.P.C.Steyn st Fullerton b Brown 7 (7) c Melville b Balaskas 15 4 W.D.Wilson c Wynne b Balaskas 0 (3) b Chubb 4 5 L.E.McNamara run out 1 (4) c Melville b Nel 14 6 J.O.Young lbw b Balaskas 31 (5) b Chubb 9 7 †D.G.Riemer b Balaskas 5 (6) lbw b Chubb 4 8 O.G.R.Reynolds b Balaskas 3 lbw b Balaskas 6 9 J.E.Waddington not out 30 not out 41 10 F.Cotty lbw b Balaskas 0 c Chubb b Balaskas 15 11 A.Waddington b Balaskas 14 b Balaskas 0 Extras 11 9 —— —— 141 128 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-45, 3-45, 4-49, 5-51, 6-64, 7-68, 8-105, 9-105, 10-141 FoW (2): 1-10, 2-15, 3-15, 4-30, 5-38, 6-57, 7-65, 8-84, 9-128, 10-128 TRANSVAAL 1 O.E.Wynne c A.Waddington b Young 103 2 J.H.M.Pickerill c Steyn b Young 3 3 †G.M.Fullerton c Reynolds b Young 123 4 D.W.Begbie b J.E.Waddington 0 5 T.A.Harris b Rowan 94 6 B.P.Shaw lbw b J.E.Waddington 0 7 L.S.Brown lbw b A.Waddington 17 8 *A.Melville run out 48 9 G.W.A.Chubb not out 25 10 X.C.Balaskas c Steyn b Reynolds 11 11 J.G.Nel c Riemer b Reynolds 0 Extras 9 —— 433 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-236, 3-236, 4-236, 5-236, 6-281, 7-391, 8-404, 9-432, 10-433 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Chubb 6 2 13 0 15 2 47 3 Nel 9 4 13 0 12 3 29 3 Balaskas 17.1 2 65 8 6.5 1 43 4 Brown 14 1 39 1 Eastern Province and Griqualand West Combined XI Bowling O M R W Young 23 7 46 3 A.Waddington 28 12 72 1 J.E.Waddington 31 9 89 2 Cotty 20 2 115 0 Reynolds 15 2 51 2 McNamara 7 2 34 0 Rowan 5 0 17 1 Umpires: Toss: Transvaal Close of Play: 1st day: Transvaal (1) 90-1 (Wynne 45*, Fullerton 38*); 2nd day: Eastern Province and Griqualand West Combined XI (2) 34-4 (Young 2*, Riemer 1*). 81